Sunday, October 4, 2009

#11) ED KRANEPOOL

Perhaps no player has better symbolized the New York Mets than Ed Kranepool. He started with the young club while only 17 years old. Ed was still with the Mets eighteen seasons later. Kranepool is the Mets career team leader in games played, at-bats, and hits. He was selected to the MLB All-Star Game in 1965, and was a member of the "Miracle Mets" World Champions of 1969. All these earned Ed enshrinement into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1990.

Ed Kranepool signed his card (the first one of this set I ever created) from a mailed request to his home on October 11, 2008.

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PROJECT STATUS

Current Count of 712 of 791 players.

90.0% Complete

( 7 -Special Moment cards)

Project started in October 2008.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The New York Mets and all their fans bid farewell to a major part of their history at the close of the 2008 baseball season. Shea Stadium had been our summer home for 45 years. So many memories were built there by the 790 players that appeared in a game for the Mets during that time. In celebration of that I created a set of handmade cards featuring each one of these men. My design was done in such a way as to allow an autograph to be included. I am now in the process of having each one signed by those players. This blog will feature the cards as I get them completed. I hope you enjoy following my progress and reliving the careers of these great men that will always be our Mets.

ABOUT ME

I am a lifelong New York Mets fan that grew up in the midwest. I have followed the club and it's rich array of characters throughout the years. Perhaps the most special of which are the "one game" appearances. These men each have a terrific story and honor the legacy of the great Archibald "Moonlight" Graham.
As an autograph collector of the Mets team I will be posting my successes here as well. The focus of my collection is to add a signed baseball card for each man to appear in a game for the Mets. I will be posting examples of these here.